Motorboating Merit Badge
Learn motorboat safety, operation, and handling including engine types, navigation rules, anchoring, and hands-on boat control to earn this merit badge.
What you'll do
- Hazards, First Aid & Safety Afloat Discuss with your counselor the following hazards you might encounter while motorboating: flammable fuel; carbon …
- Swim Readiness & Life Jackets Before doing requirement 5, successfully complete the Scouting America swimmer test.
- Engines, Fuel & On-Water Awareness Explain inboard, outboard, and inboard/outboard motors, and the uses and advantages of each.
- Rules, Weather & Required Gear Show you know safety guidelines for motorboating by doing the following:
At a glance
- Requirements
- 5
- Category
- Sports
- Eagle Required
- No
- Updated
- January 10, 2026